Improvement in newspaper-files



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN B. ALDEBSON,'OF SAN JOS, CALIFORNIA.

I'MPRQVEMENT AIn NEWSPAPER-FILES.

Specification formirg part of Letters Patent No. 165,401, dated July 13, 1875; application led January 23, 1875.

GAsE C.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN B. ALBER- SON, of San Jos, Santa Clara county, State of California, have invented a Newspaper- File; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates to certain improve- `ments in paper tiles or holders, such as are employed for temporarily retaining newspapers; and it consists in the employment of two parallel bars, which are connected by standards having rule-joints in the center. Springs ateach end of the two bars draw them together when the joints are bent, and the standards will hold the bars apart for the introduction ot papers when they are straight, but will shut up and lie concealed when the bars are closed together.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my inveution, A B are two parallel bars, between which the papers are to be held. Pointed pins c c project upward from the bar A, and holes or slots are made through the bar B, opposite to these pins, to allow them to enter when the bars are closed together, and, it' desired, protectingcaps may be secured to the bar B, just over these pins. These bars AB are drawn forcibly together by means of elast-ic springs d d, and thus serve to retain the papers after they are placed in position. In order to hold' the bars apart, and make it convenient to insert or remove the papers, I employ the double levers or standards e e. These standards have each a rule-joint, z', in their center, and theirouterends are pinned through the bars A B at points directly opposite each other, as shown. An arm, n, may be hinged to the side ofthe joint t', and this arm serves as a sort ot' handle for the saine purpose.

The operation will be as follows: The bars A B are drawn apart, and oneof'the standards e e being straightened up, will retain the bars separated at that end until the paper can be introduced or removed at that end. It will then only be necessary to bend the joint i, when the spring d will draw the bars together, and cause the pin'c to pierce the paper along its fold. The saine operation will take place at the opposite end, and the paper will then be firmly held between the bars. Slots are made in the bars, within which the standardsce will be concealed when the bars are closed together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The rule-jointed stop c and armsn, in combination with the bars A B of a temporary binder, said bars being recessed to receive said stops or standards, as described.

FRANKLIN B. ALDERSON.

vWitnesses: Y

GEO. H. STRONG, C. M. RrcHAnDsoN 

